Non-refillable bottle.



J. L. VAN RENSSELAER.

NON-BEPILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED nuns, 1913.

1 ,1 07,384, Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

M WA E/ 1 a5 1 illllliggz IIIII THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOm-Llrna, WASHINGmN, I). C.

JOSEPH- L. VAN RENSSELAER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

NoN REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentegdl Aug, 18, 1314,

Application filed March 6, 1913. Serial No. 752,375.

grooves, they being preferably cemented in place to prevent the removal of the shell.

To make the shell water-tight, the space between the lugs and the annular shoulder 1 is filled with cork or other soft packing material.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrrr L. VAN RENs- SELAER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N on-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in non-refillable bottles, the object being, as the title implies, to provide means for preventing the re-use of a bottle.

Further objects are to accomplish this in the simplest and most economical way.

With these objects in view, my invention consists in a shell of porcelain or other suitable material packed water-tight in the neck of the bottle by means of cork or other suitable packing, in connection with a valve which operates to automatically open and close an orifice in the inner end of the shell, and means for securing the shell permanently within the bottle-neck.

My invention further consists in certain additional details which will be hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure l is a vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line a-a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the valve.

A, represents a bottle-neck. This is circumferentially reduced to form a shoulder 1., and oppositely-located vertical grooves 2, 52, extend from the mouth a suitable distance into the neck.

A shell 3, made of porcelain, aluminum, or other suitable material, is provided with outwardly-extending lugs 4, 4:, located at opposite points, the outer edges 5, 5, of which preferably taper. These lugs are of a size to slip down freely into the grooves 2, 2, in the mouth of the bottle, and are adapted to rest at the bottoms of the grooves on the solid glass to prevent the further inward movement of the shell; and wedges 6, 6, are slipped down into the grooves in position to fill the space between the inclining outer edges of the lugs and the rear wall of the with openings or outlets 7, 7, for the passage of the air and the liquid contents of the bottle. At the lower end a valve 8 is held in the shell by the threaded ring 9. Thi valve is adapted to rest normally, when the bottle is in a vertical position, over the orifice 10 in the ring 9 to close the latter and prevent liquid from being poured into the bottle and a perforated disk 11 on the lower cm of the stem 12 of the valve maintains the proper position of the valve when the bottle is inclined by resting against the interior wall of the bottle-neck. The projections 13, 13, on the stem prevent the disk from closing the orifice 10 when the bottle is turned to pour its contents.

screw-cap 14 at the top closes the entire bottle.

By actual tests, while it is possible to pour out the contents of the bottle, it is impossible to refill it. By pouring liquid into the mouth of the bottle when it stands upright, no liquid will pass the valve; if submerged, while it may be possible for a small amount of liquid to enter the bottle, itwould require such a length of time as to make it absolutely impracticable to refill the bottles in this way, for, if the valve is properly con structed, the pressure of the liquid from the outside would hold the valve sufficiently tight over the orifice 10 to preclude refilling.

In this way, a simple and inexpensive non-refillable bottle is provided, which at the same time can be manufactured without difliculty or great expense.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with a bottle neck having an annular shoulder formed therein, and vertical grooves formed in the bore of the The upper end of the shell is provided neck and leading part way to said shoulder, of a hollow shell open at one end, and a valve for closing said open end under certain conditions, the shell provided with outwardly projecting lugs adapted to fit and move vertically in the vertical grooves of the bore of the bottle-neck, the outer edges of the lugs tapering, and wedges inserted between the outer edges of the lugs and the inner walls of the grooves. 10

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH L. VAN RENSSELAER. Witnesses:

EMILY F. CAMP, VERNON .E. Honors.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, .D. O. 

